Clark & Scanlon 70-72

Summarizing 100 Years of Life: On Obtituary Writing

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JeanineONeal/2009/09/summarizing_100_years_of_life.html

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/WendyScott/2009/09/readings_70-72_obituaries_and.html

You can know someone's religion without the specific word

Capturing the Soul in an Obituary
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/GretaCarroll/2009/09/capturing_the_soul_in_an_obitu.html

The Only Titles I Can Think of are Tasteless, So...Obituaries It Is.
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JosieRush/2009/09/the_only_titles_i_can_think_of.html

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/MatthewHenderson/2009/09/faith_and_begorrah_what_a_good.html

No One Is Perfect

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JenniferPrex/2009/09/no_one_is_perfect.html

How to be remembered
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AprilMinerd/2009/09/how_to_be_remembered.html

Obtituary

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JessicaKrehlik/2009/09/mrs_byrne_mother_brian_make_up.html

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AjaHannah/2009/09/obit_and_rip.html

Prepare your anecdotes and quips...death is always looming

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/MichelleTantlinger/2009/09/ready_your_anecdotes.html

Because you can't interview the dead...

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KaitlinMonier/2009/09/to_make_up_for_the_lack_quotes.html

Is This Alright?

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AngelaPalumbo/2009/09/is_this_alright.html

This obituary was very interesting to read because it focused in on several personal details of Marie Byrne's life. It was not sad and depressing to read, yet full of life because of the quotes the writer chose to include, such as, "They would get whacked by Mrs. Byrne, too. You could come home for supper and never know who would be there, sitting at the kitchen table for supper" (70). A reader can visualize this image of a woman who held authority and got respect. While reading this, you don't even think about her being dead, which is good because I think obituary should celebrate life, which they usually do since that is the general goal. It was also good how the writer didn't "sugarcoat" anything: Marie Byrne was not perfect, and this was made clear to the writer, allowing a laid-back feeling while reading. You almost don't feel sad towards the end because of how well the writer wrote and presented the information. When stating the burial information and so on, you definitely felt that it was a time to remember, to celebrate a long, influential life.

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/CodyNaylor/2009/09/obituaries_the_final_word.html

Relfecting more than just the one who passed away

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/nmj/032452.html

A clever look.
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/MeganSeigh/2009/09/a_clever_look.html

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AshleyPascoe/2009/09/i_couldnt_be_more_surprised_if.html